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State Aid and the European Union

Analisi approfondita 01-12-2002

This briefing offers an overview of the EU's policy in regard to state aid and its underlying principles. The major issues under debate and the links to policy on competition and on services of general interest are explained; the state of play in regard to the enlargement negotiations is also reviewed.

This study examines organisational and budgetary arrangements in national parliaments of EU Member States. For purposes of comparison a review of such arrangements in the US Congress is appended in the annex.

This study seeks to provide members with a short overview of the problems arising at national level in management of the structural funds at a time when new regulations for these funds are entering into force. Many of the irregularities in financial management of the EU budget, which have in the past prevented the European Court of Auditors from granting a positive 'Statement of Assurance' as required by Article 248 of the EC Treaty, arise in this context.

This paper examines those bodies at national level in EU Member States, Canada and the USA which correspond to 'committees on standards in public life'. Where no such body exists, it seeks to indicate what organs exercise comparable functions or what constraints are imposed on the behaviour of elected representatives and non-elected officials.

Parliamentary control of budget implementation

Analisi approfondita 15-11-1999

This study, originally prepared for a delegation of the Committee on Budgetary Control when it visited Ispra in October 1998, reviews the question of the cost-effectiveness of management of the JRC's Institutes in the light of exchanges of views and correspondence with the Director-General. An annex examines how the concept of the customer-contractor relationship might be applied at the JRC.

Comparative study dealing with the procedure for drawing up and adopting the budget of national parliaments; consideration of accounts and internal financial control. An old version of this study can be found under reference: PE 124.794

Given the large volume of funds provided in the past to this area of the EU's research policy, the study investigates the return to the EU economy of the investments made in earth observation by satellite and the problem of ensuring wide dissemination of the benefits. It also examines the current state of the industry in Europe and its prospects.